Freight-airplane body



1 2 p 9 7 A. BLACZK FREIGHT AIRPLANE BODY Filed June 1, 1925 INVENTOR Patented Apr. 19, 1927.

UNITED STATES PATEN My invention relates and parti portation ARCHIBALD 1,625,700 T OFFICE.

BLACK, 01 GARDEN CITY, NEW YORK.

FREIGET-AIRPLAN E BODY.

Application filed June. 1, 1925. Serial No. 34,260.

to airplane bodies cularly to those used for the transof frei ht packages I? will b also be applied to advantage struction This in body which permits In and exit;

cient methods of handli provides.

at the .same time,

range of In the transportation 0 road, 1110 been fou standardized cont closely into a com 'lhe use be locked, individ come lost or stolen. dling shipments is of even transport dition to ers, thus of airplane letters and e obvious, however, this invention may in the conbodies intended for departing from the nvention.

vention provides a type of airplane which allows the use ore convenient entry of more" efling cargo and which a s'afir location for the pilot while,

providing vision.

tor truck iid advan of such satisfactory f packages by rail and other means, it has tageous to make use of ainei's designed to fit pai'tinent in the vehicle. containers eliminates the ling many loose packages as each container can ual packages cannot be- This method of hangreater value in ation by airplane because, in ad its other advantages, 1t permits the cargo n of weight in the Furthermore, any vago compartment of the ed with empty contain-, may be prevented from moving during flighteven when the compartment however,

airplane bodies as th is not fully loaded. cannot be used with not adapted to accommodate ti and as structural considerations restrict the a size of the openings tent which precludes to certain parts of tl I yention provides an airp in the wa 15 free from these limitations, cargo compartment adapted to allow the use of the system described and whichalso provides a safer position for the location of his seat 0 partinent.

the pilot vision, I which he wide area from interfering with is enabled to lookas for removing moi behind the provide a system of This method conventional 1e containers lls to an exconvenient accessibility 0 space. My inane body which which has a pilot by the his forward mirrors by around such f the airplane as may interfere irect vision. Furthermore, I

state of fog cargo com- To prevent'this rear pos tion of is a cross section through this body, on the line A-A of Fig. 2, looking rearward and illustrating the arrangement of the doors and the method of placing standardized containers in my type of body. Fig. 4, shows one of my reflecting mirrors, as viewed from a point in a line perpendicular to the plane of the mirror, drawn to an enlarged scale.

In Figs. 1, and 2, the body a, is carried by wings 6, only parts of which are shown, and is provided with engine 0, pilots seat d, and cargo compartment e. Compartment 6, is provided with two doors f, and g, located on opposite sides of body a, and so placed, at different heights, as to allow access for the full height of the compartment, such access being obtained partly by the use of one door and partly by the use of the other. 'By this arrangement of doors the full height of the cargo compartment is made accessi le while, at the same time, a substantial portion of the'side of the body remains continuous so that the structure is not dangerously weakened by the door openings 72,, and 2'. Mirrors and 7c, are provided to enable cessible from floor m, to roof a, while, at the same time, ample space is retained in walls 0, for structural members p. Standardized containers 9, are so proportioned that may be passed through openings k, and z, and placed in rows, vertically and horizontally, until the whole compartment e, is i 'r' 4. fl til 11 re ecting mirror ,'.is su por e by the ody or other memlierrr, iii-such relation to other mirror or mirrors k, that a forward view is provided ening are openings for doors they A as hereinbeforg mit remov the top described. Mirrors j,'and k, are provided with wiping device 8, similar to a conventional automobile windshield .wiper and either manually or automatically operated, for wiping the surface thereof.

Having thus described-my invention, Iv

claim as new and desire to secure by ters Patent:

1. An airplane body partment comprising substantially at side walls, and substantially fiat top and bottom walls, forming a symmetrical internal cargo space, mensions corresponding to the said cargo space and :penings in the side walls to perof the said containers,

2. An airplane body having a car 0 compartment comprising substantially at side walls, and substantially flat top and bottom walls, forming a symmetrical internal car 0 space, standardized cargo containers of mensions corresponding to the said cargo space and openings in the side walls tov ermit removal of the said containers, a p' ots seatbehind the said cargo space, and means for permitting unobstructed vision from the said seat.

3. An airplane body having a car 0 compartment comprising substantially at side walls, and'substantially flat top and bottom walls, forming a symmetricalinternal car o space, standardized cargo containers of mansions corresponding to the said cargo space and doors in the said side walls for permitting -acces to the cargo space from to the bottom thereof.

Let-

4. An airplane body having a cargo com-.-

partment comprising substantially atside walls, and substantially. flat top and bottom walls, forming a s mmetrical, internal, cargo space for -stan ardized cargo containers, openings in both sides of the body, structural means embodied in the side wall and extending over the opening at one side of having a car 0 comextending over the standardized cargo containers of dlthe same and devices the bod structural means embodied in the side wal and extending beneath the opening at the opposite side of the body.

5. airplane body having a car 0 compartment comprising substantially at side walls, and substantially flat top and bottom walls,v forming a s mmetrical', internal, car-' go space forstan ardized cargo containers, openings in both sides of the body, structural means embodied in the side walls and opening at one side of the body,-structural means embodied in the side wall and extending beneath the opening at the opposite side of the body, and a ,door for each of said 0 enings.

6. An airplane body aving a cargo coinpartment comprising substantially flat side walls, and substantially flat top and bottom walls, forming a cargo space having opposed wall faces parallel to each other, structural means extending from end to end of the side walls of the cargo s ace, and side openings arranged in stagger d relation to each other and above and below the said structural means.

7 An airplane of the character described, comprising a load carrying compartment, pilots accommodation located behind the said compartment, and means for providing unobstructed visionin a forward direction beneath the said compartment as well as above the same.

8. An airplane of the character described, comprising a load carrying compartment, pilots accommodation located behind the said compartment, means for providing unobstructed vision in a forward direction beneath the said compartment as well as above for the removal of moisture from such means.

In testimony whereof, I have signed my name to this specificationithis 30th day of May 1925. a ARCHIBALD BLACK. 

